Lethbridge news

• Southern Alberta bikers donate toys to Lethbridge women’s emergency shelter - Global News

  07-09-2019 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  Southern Alberta bikers donate toys to Lethbridge women’s emergency shelter  Global NewsThe Southern Alberta Bikers Association donated gifts to Lethbridge Harbour House in the 38th annual toy run on Saturday.
  
  Read more

• Southern Alberta bikers donate toys to Lethbridge women’s emergency shelter

  07-09-2019 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Southern Alberta Bikers Association donated gifts to Lethbridge Harbour House in the 38th annual toy run on Saturday.
  
  Read more

• Opioid talks at impasse; Purdue bankruptcy filing expected - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 23:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Opioid talks at impasse; Purdue bankruptcy filing expected  Lethbridge News NowCLEVELAND — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is expected to file for bankruptcy after settlement talks over the nation's deadly overdose crisis hit an impasse, ...
  
  Read more

• Andreescu becomes first Canadian to win Grand Slam with U.S. Open win

  07-09-2019 23:18
  NEW YORK -- Bianca Andreescu became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday in the U.S. Open women's final. The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., used her powerful forehand -- and was helped by an uncharacteristically bad service game from the veteran Williams -- for her third tournament win of the season, and biggest by far of her career, in her first U.S. Open main draw appearance. Andreescu converted on her third championship point
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Lethbridge woman killed in two-vehicle crash in Grande Prairie

  07-09-2019 22:34
  A woman from the City of Lethbridge has died after an early morning crash on Highway 40 near Grande Prairie. Mounties say the crash took place on the highway near Township Road 692 at about 1 a.m. on Saturday. An initial investigation shows a pickup truck was northbound when it collided with a southbound semi tractor-trailer. The driver of the pickup, a 42-year-old woman from Lethbridge, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver, a 32-year-old man from Grande Prairie, was taken to the Q
  
  Read more

• No conviction in California warehouse fire stuns families - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 22:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  No conviction in California warehouse fire stuns families  Lethbridge News NowOAKLAND, Calif. — A jury on Thursday didn't convict two men charged after flames tore through a party at a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse that had been ...
  
  Read more

• Official: Trump to challenge California mileage authority - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 22:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Official: Trump to challenge California mileage authority  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON - The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposal to revoke part of California's authori...
  
  Read more

• Handmade history: Calgarian builds Second World War replica

  07-09-2019 21:50
  A Calgary man, who has been working hard restoring a piece of Canada's military history, says he did it to tell an important story of a very special aircraft. For the last several years, retired engineer Barry Halliwell has toiled in the workshop of Calgary’s Hangar Aircraft Museum, meticulously recreating the tail section of an Oxford aircraft. The British forces sent pilots to Canada to train on the Oxford before flying in larger planes like Lancaster bombers on missions in Europe. The O
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Dark 'Joker' wins top Venice Film Festival prize - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 21:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Dark 'Joker' wins top Venice Film Festival prize  Lethbridge News NowTodd Phillips' dark comic book film "Joker" has won the Golden Lion Award at the 76th Venice International Fil...
  
  Read more

• Calgary fire department knocks down blaze in Skyview Ranch

  07-09-2019 21:06
  Two people managed to get out of their home after a fire broke out early Saturday morning in the northeast community of Skyview Ranch. Fire officials tell CTV News they were called to the scene, the 100 block of Skyview Springs Crescent, at about 9:45 a.m. The blaze, in the front of the home, was knocked down quickly. Officials say damage was limited to the exterior of the home, but the attic was also damaged. Two people were home at the time the fire broke out but escaped safely. No one was inj
  
  Read more

• B.C. taxi industry challenges 'destructive competition' from ride-hailing apps - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 21:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  B.C. taxi industry challenges 'destructive competition' from ride-hailing apps  Lethbridge News NowVANCOUVER — A coalition of nine taxi companies has asked British Columbia Supreme Court to quash policies it says were illegally created for ride-hailing ...
  
  Read more

• Sudan PM names first Cabinet since removal of al-Bashir - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 20:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Sudan PM names first Cabinet since removal of al-Bashir  Lethbridge News NowCAIRO — Sudan's newly appointed prime minister on Thursday announced his Cabinet, the first since the military ousted autocratic President Omar al-Bashir in ...
  
  Read more

• Campaigns strengthen harassment training in the wake of #MeToo movement - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 20:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Campaigns strengthen harassment training in the wake of #MeToo movement  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA — Patty Hajdu remembers encountering an angry — and racist — person at the doorstep. “I hit a door where someone said, 'Oh, you're a Liberal?'
  
  Read more

• Masterpieces auctioned off for charity at Spruce Meadows

  07-09-2019 20:12
  A big tournament is bringing crowds to Spruce Meadows in southwest Calgary this week, but visitors were also able to enjoy some beautiful art at the same time on Friday night. The inaugural Masterpieces at the Masters event, hosted by the Spruce Meadows Leg Up Foundation, featured a very talented artist who completed a painting, from start to finish, in under 20 minutes. Eight local artists also submitted original work for an auction with the top bid becoming the poster for Spruce Meadows 45th a
  
  Read more

• New skateboard park opens in northeast Calgary

  07-09-2019 19:12
  Residents in northeast Calgary are celebrating the grand opening of a new skateboard park in their community, the result of three years' worth of planning. The Northeast Community Skatepark, near the Genesis Centre on Falconridge Boulevard S.E., is the final project out of eight sites developed through council funding in 2015. The facility, which is about 10,000 square feet in size, was developed to serve a number of communities, including Martindale, Taradale and Saddleridge, and its goal is to
  
  Read more

• Tom Hanks surprises coffee shop that campaigned for him to visit during TIFF

  07-09-2019 18:24
  A coffee shop employee who worked at the store campaigning for Tom Hanks to stop by when he was in town for the Toronto International Film Festival was shocked when the actor knocked on the door last night as he was closing up. Joelle Murray, the owner of Grinder Coffee in Leslieville, launched a grassroots social media campaign in an effort to sway the American actor and Oscar winner to come to the store. She launched the campaign after successfully convincing Canadian actor Ryan Gosling to vis
  
  Read more

• U.S. mass shooters exploited gaps, errors in background checks

  07-09-2019 17:42
  Most mass shooters in the U.S. acquired the weapons they used legally because there was nothing in their backgrounds to disqualify them, according to James Alan Fox, a criminologist with Northeastern University who has studied mass shootings for decades. But in several attacks in recent years gunmen acquired weapons as a result of mistakes, lack of follow-through or gaps in federal and state law. Not all gun purchases are subject to a federal background check system. Even for those that are, fed
  
  Read more

• Michigan State University fined $4.5 million in Nassar case - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 17:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Michigan State University fined $4.5 million in Nassar case  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — The government on Thursday ordered Michigan State University to make sweeping changes and pay a $4.5 million fine after determining that ...
  
  Read more

• Messi has option to leave Barca next summer - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 17:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Messi has option to leave Barca next summer  Lethbridge News NowBARCELONA, Spain - Barcelona's club president has confirmed that Lionel Messi would have the right to leave th...
  
  Read more

• Montreal man pleads guilty to murder of unborn child - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 16:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Montreal man pleads guilty to murder of unborn child  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL — A Montreal man pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in a stabbing attack that killed his unborn child and seriously injured the ...
  
  Read more

• Sarah Huckabee Sanders memoir coming in 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 16:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Sarah Huckabee Sanders memoir coming in 2020  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a book deal. St. Martin's Press announced Thursday that her memoir, ...
  
  Read more

• 'We are ready': Atlantic Canada prepares for Category 2 Hurricane Dorian

  07-09-2019 16:07
  As Hurricane Dorian makes its way towards the Maritimes, tens of thousands of people are without power and Nova Scotia emergency officials are advising people to “self-evacuate” to shelters if they’re concerned about high winds and flooding. On Saturday, the National Hurricane Centre in Miami upgraded the storm to a Category 2. And as of 3:42 p.m. AST, Nova Scotia Power was reporting outages affecting more than 207,000 customers. Officials held a press conference on Saturday an
  
  Read more

• Extensive damage, power outages as Dorian lashes Atlantic Canada

  07-09-2019 16:07
  As Dorian makes landfall in the Maritimes, roofs have been torn off buildings, century-old trees have been uprooted and a construction crane has collapsed on a downtown Halifax building. The powerful storm, which killed 43 people in the Bahamas and ravaged U.S. coastlines earlier this week, landed near Halifax Saturday evening, bringing with it intense winds, high waves and torrential rain. More than 489,000 customers are without power across Atlantic Canada. So far, no serious injuries or death
  
  Read more

• Extensive damage across Halifax as Dorian barrels toward Atlantic Canada

  07-09-2019 16:07
  As Dorian barrels toward the Maritimes, roofs have been torn off buildings, century-old trees have been uprooted and a construction crane has collapsed on a downtown Halifax building – and weather analysts say the worst is yet to come. The powerful storm, which killed 43 people in the Bahamas and ravaged U.S. coastlines earlier this week, is expected to make landfall between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. local time somewhere between Halifax and Clam Harbour, a community about 73 kilometres east of
  
  Read more

• This time it's Boris Johnson's younger brother jumping ship - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 15:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  This time it's Boris Johnson's younger brother jumping ship  Lethbridge News NowLONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's bad week got even worse Thursday when younger brother Jo walke...
  
  Read more

• Johnson seeks UK election bid as political foes push back - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 15:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Johnson seeks UK election bid as political foes push back  Lethbridge News NowLONDON — Boxed in by opponents and abandoned politically even by his own brother, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggled Thursday to keep his ...
  
  Read more

• Dorian grazes Carolina coast, aims for Outer Banks - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 15:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Dorian grazes Carolina coast, aims for Outer Banks  Lethbridge News NowCHARLESTON, S.C. — Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and sideways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible ...
  
  Read more

• Mysterious disease killing dogs in Norway

  07-09-2019 15:06
  HELSINKI -- Norwegian authorities haven't been able to detect the cause behind an unexplained disease that is estimated to have killed dozens of dogs in the country in recent days, officials said Saturday. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority said that it had been informed of another six cases of dogs falling ill, with two them already dead, all with the same symptoms of vomiting and bloody diarrhea. The disease seemed "very serious for a dog. But we don't know yet whether this is contagious or j
  
  Read more

• Yates Theatre celebrates significant upgrades - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 15:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Yates Theatre celebrates significant upgrades  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – It's like breathing new life into the performing arts in Lethbridge. That's from Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman. He attended the Genevieve ...
  
  Read more

• Threats, abuse move from online to real world, McKenna now requires security

  07-09-2019 13:55
  OTTAWA -- Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she was recently walking outside a movie theatre with her children when a car slowly pulled to a stop beside them. The driver rolled down his window and then he let fly. "F...... you, Climate Barbie," he shouted, as she tried to back away from his car and get her kids away from him. Much has been written about the online abuse and threatening behaviour politicians -- especially female politicians -- and others in the public eye face every day
  
  Read more

• Ukraine: Plane with Russian prisoners takes off - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 13:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ukraine: Plane with Russian prisoners takes off  Lethbridge News NowMOSCOW - A plane carrying Russian prisoners freed by Ukraine has taken off for Moscow as part of a prisoner ex...
  
  Read more

• Battle for the left: May says Singh needs to 'show up'

  07-09-2019 13:00
  OTTAWA – Fresh off a week of fierce accusations between the federal Greens and New Democrats, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May isn't backing down from the fight for progressive voters, offering some unsolicited advice to her opponent: "show up." In the first of a series of leaders' interviews on CTV’s Question Period, May spoke about the ongoing feud between the NDP and Greens, offered new details on what her support would be contingent on in a minority scenario, and gave her timelin
  
  Read more

• Schools tackle sexual assault even before students hit campus

  07-09-2019 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  One in five women arriving on a Canadian university or college campus this week will experience sexual violence while studying at a post-secondary institution, the Canadian Federation of Students says. 
  
  Read more

• Stranded North Carolinians take stock of Dorian's damage - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 11:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Stranded North Carolinians take stock of Dorian's damage  Lethbridge News NowATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. — As the sky cleared and floodwaters receded Saturday, residents of North Carolina's Outer Banks began to assess the damage ...
  
  Read more

• In the news today, Sept. 5 - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 10:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  In the news today, Sept. 5  Lethbridge News NowFour stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 5. ———. CANADA'S BIANCA ANDREESCU HEADS TO U.S. OPEN SEMIFINALS. Bianca Andreescu became the ...
  
  Read more

• Taliban blast kills US soldier, several civilians in Kabul - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 08:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Taliban blast kills US soldier, several civilians in Kabul  Lethbridge News NowKABUL - A Taliban car bomb exploded and killed U.S. and Romanian *service* members and 10 civilians in a busy di...
  
  Read more

• Tarzwell lifts Rebels to preseason win over Lethbridge - rdnewsnow.com

  07-09-2019 06:11 via rdnewsnow.com
  Tarzwell lifts Rebels to preseason win over Lethbridge  rdnewsnow.comJosh Tarzwell scored in the third period to lift the Red Deer Rebels to a 3-2 WHL preseason win over the Lethb...
  
  Read more

• Ghostbusters screening in the park draws over a hundred people, and pets

  07-09-2019 05:02
  With less than two weeks away to the start of the Calgary International Film Festival. CIFF partnered up with The Underwood, Calgary's newest apartment rental, to co-host a movie night at the park. Over one hundred people and some pets showed up to Haultain Park in the Beltline Friday night September 6, 2019 for a screening of the 1984 blockbuster and fan favourite, Ghostbusters. Attendees received free snacks from area restaurants prior to the movie and were encouraged to dress in costumes. The
  
  Read more

• NASA visualization shows devastating decline in Arctic ice over past 35 years

  07-09-2019 04:59
  Northern communities eroding away into the ocean. Polar bears flooding south into more Canadian cities. Trade upheaval as the potential for new ship routes opens up where thick ice used to block the way. These are some of the things we would be facing if the ice in the Arctic Ocean vanished completely every summer. NASA has released a visualization of sea ice in the Arctic that shows a dramatic loss of perennial ice in the Arctic Circle within the last 35 years. If it continues -- and Mark Serre
  
  Read more

• Federal probe finds 'co-ordinated' social media bots in Alberta election

  07-09-2019 04:14
  EDMONTON -- A federal agency investigating the recent Alberta election has found evidence the campaign featured tactics including co-ordinated, false social media postings. In a report released late Friday, the Rapid Response Mechanism -- created by the G-7 to monitor foreign influence on democratic elections -- identified social media accounts that demonstrated "co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour." The agency was created by the G7 at the 2018 conference in Charleboix, Que. It is intended to str
  
  Read more

• Indigenous artists' trip to Japan leaves them 'short-changed'

  07-09-2019 04:03
  A group of Indigenous artists say they’ve been left short-changed after being promised a trip to Japan which they were told would help promote their work abroad. They’ve been left with more than the pain of jet lag. Faith Starlight was part of that contingent. She says, she paid the organizer a $2,200 deposit for hotels and delegation fees. "It looked like a great opportunity to showcase my work and represent not only my brand, but my community's," Starlight told CTV News. The Calgar
  
  Read more

• Investigation finds ‘co-ordintated’ social media bots in Alberta election

  07-09-2019 03:23 via globalnews.ca
  A federal agency investigating the recent Alberta election has found evidence the campaign featured tactics including co-ordinated, false social media postings.
  
  Read more

• Investigation finds ‘co-ordinated’ social media bots in Alberta election

  07-09-2019 03:23 via globalnews.ca
  A federal agency investigating the recent Alberta election has found evidence the campaign featured tactics including co-ordinated, false social media postings.
  
  Read more

• Felicity Huffman: 'Deep and abiding shame' over college plot - Lethbridge News Now

  07-09-2019 03:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Felicity Huffman: 'Deep and abiding shame' over college plot  Lethbridge News NowBOSTON — Federal prosecutors want a judge to sentence Felicity Huffman to a month in jail for her role in a sweeping college admissions scheme, but the ...
  
  Read more

• Escaped murderer apprehended for third time

  07-09-2019 03:16
  A convicted killer who has fled twice before was apprehended for the third time Friday in Nova Scotia. Jack Woods, who is serving an indeterminate sentence for manslaughter and second-degree murder, failed to return to a New Brunswick halfway house in August where he had been granted “unescorted temporary absence.” Woods, who sports a leopard tattoo, skull tattoos, and is missing his left and right little fingers, was found by RCMP at a house in the small community of Tantallon, west
  
  Read more

• Largest campground in Jasper National Park to stay closed in 2020

  07-09-2019 02:42
  A popular campground and the largest in Jasper National Park will remain closed in 2020, Parks Canada announced Friday. Construction at Whistlers Campground, which was closed this summer, is already underway to replace water, sewer and electrical systems. But for the project to proceed without interruptions or safety risks to campers, Parks Canada, PCL Construction and Public Services and Procurement Canada have decided to keep the grounds closed next year as well. “It is simply not safe,
  
  Read more

• Whistlers Campground in Jasper National Park to be closed through 2020

  07-09-2019 02:22 via globalnews.ca
  Whistlers Campground in Jasper National Park will be closed for a year longer than originally planned, Parks Canada announced on Friday.
  
  Read more

• Alberta union looking at all options after appeal court sided with government

  07-09-2019 02:12 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta’s public sector workers are looking at all options if the UCP government attempts to roll back rights. As Tom Vernon reports, the vow comes after the court of appeal sided with the government on Bill 9.
  
  Read more

• Alberta seniors offer advice to students heading back to school in viral Facebook post: ‘Stay off drugs!’

  07-09-2019 01:40 via globalnews.ca
  A group of Alberta seniors has gone viral, after posting photos to social media with advice for kids heading back to school this week.
  
  Read more

• Minute at the Movies: Sept. 6

  07-09-2019 01:31 via globalnews.ca
  In this week’s edition of Minute at the Movies, Todd James reviews “IT Chapter Two” from Warner Bros.
  
  Read more

Follow @Lethbridge_News on Twitter!